Discussion Do I already have an alcohol addiction?

[LifeIsASadist]

I only ever drink alcohol (hard liquor) a couple times a year and I literally feel like I want to go out again to get drunk so I can give my mind a break from the suicidal thoughts. Is this a bad sign? Fuck not only am I lonely but I am concerned I have an alcohol addiction already by just drinking a couple times a year.

 

[UninformedLover]

You have nothing to worry about. Drinking a couple of times a year is completely fine and does not mean you're an alcoholic. If you're worried though maybe you can find something else to take your mind off of the suicidal thoughts other than alcohol.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I literally feel like I want to go out again to get drunk so I can give my mind a break from the suicidal thoughts. Is this a bad sign?

Imo yes, it is bc your brain tells you that alcohol is a good coping mechanism - that's how addictions can start.

If you get drunk only every now and then that's not a big problem I would say.

Ik and I drink alc myself to get numb and to forget about the problems sometimes I have but alcohol is never a solution rather it can cause even more problems if we get addicted to it.

 

[hang in there]

I only ever drink alcohol (hard liquor) a couple times a year and I literally feel like I want to go out again to get drunk so I can give my mind a break from the suicidal thoughts. Is this a bad sign? Fuck not only am I lonely but I am concerned I have an alcohol addiction already by just drinking a couple times a year.

>feel like I want to go out again to get drunk so I can give my mind a break
That's the only reason normies drink
>Fuck not only am I lonely but I am concerned I have an alcohol addiction already by just drinking a couple times a year.
....No.
Alcohol addiction is where you drink so much every single day that your body literally cannot survive without alcohol in your system and you go into physical withdrawals if you try to slow down. Those withdrawals can be so severe as to cause delirium, grand mal seizures, or death.
You are not an addict you just have learned what alcohol is used for lol.

-ex alcoholic

 

[Like_the_Angel]

I only ever drink alcohol (hard liquor) a couple times a year and I literally feel like I want to go out again to get drunk so I can give my mind a break from the suicidal thoughts. Is this a bad sign? Fuck not only am I lonely but I am concerned I have an alcohol addiction already by just drinking a couple times a year.

I have Xanax hard liquor combo addiction and i can tell you that a couple of times a year is not even close to be called addiction don't worry

 

[SVEN]

Alcohol addiction is more like when I was drinking around a litre of cheap Vodka daily. Drunk twice yearly, nope, not alcoholism; identifying a coping mechanism which could develop into a problem, possibly.

 

[MyChoiceAlone]

i drink all the time. not condoning it, just want to say if you are alcoholic - probably like other stuff: you won't realize until too late.

 

[Pale_Rider]

I think Im an alcoholic. So wish I never picked up that bottle.